Foster Braun

About Foster Braun

Foster Braun has been co-hosting the Internet Advisor on WJR since early February 1998 except for a short time in early 2000. He has been in the Detroit radio market since 1975 where he has worked talk shows for most of his career and started with WJR in 1996. Since 1998 he has gained enough knowledge of computers to ruin some really fine machines and then fix most of them with the help of the other Internet Advisors. In 2008 he crossed over to the Dark Side and started worked exclusively on a MacBook Pro laptop. His wife Ginny uses a Windows PC laptop running Windows 10; so Foster finds himself doing tech support in both worlds! Foster identifies himself as “the voice of the listener” sometimes fighting through the geek-speak to explanations that even he can understand.

Internet Advisor: Cable Provider Verizon Buying Yahoo – What Are The Implications?

Rich Jaroslovsky has been following the future of news coverage for most of  his career with such outlets as Wall Street Journal Online and Bloomberg News.  We are delighted to have his perspective on this latest shift in the “tectonic plates” of Internet sites: Cable provider Verizon is buying veteran site, Yahoo.  What are the

By |2016-08-03T15:19:06-04:00August 3rd, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Lohrmann Provides Michigan Cyber Militia Update

DETROIT - Dan Lohrmann, led Michigan’s cybersecurity and technology infrastructure teams from 2002-2014, receiving numerous national awards including: CSO of the Year, Public Official of the Year and Computerworld Premier 100 Leader. During that time he was involved in crafting the state’s response to the tidal wave of cyber attacks that grew bigger and more vicious.

By |2016-07-27T15:59:30-04:00July 27th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Indy Film Lighthouse Unmanned

DETROIT - Sharma Krauskopf rejoined the show a year after launching an independent film Lighthouse Unmanned about lighthouse keepers, their families and the huge impact of changes in their lives with the advent of technology.  It has been a long trip from Michigan where film incentives money dried up to New York where she found the

By |2016-07-13T12:45:38-04:00July 13th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Play Bigger And Lighthouse Unmanned

DETROIT - David Peterson, like a lot of great smaller competitors, starting with David, King of Israel, discovered that giants aren’t all they are cracked up to be, especially when you “Play Bigger”!  That is the title of his new book about Category Design or playing bigger individually, as a business or any kind of

By |2016-07-13T10:58:24-04:00July 13th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Young Basile Update – Protecting Patent Protection

DETROIT - Keith Schonberger is one of team of lawyers at the law firm of Young Basile, based in Troy, MI.  Keith is a degreed software engineer as well as a seasoned patent lawyer who recently joined the prestigious YB firm. He provides strategic counseling to inventors in prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and

By |2016-06-29T11:23:43-04:00June 29th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Baker Explains Microsoft Acquisition Of LinkedIn

DETROIT - Gary Baker is our enterprise guru and he has some insights into the recent acquisition of LinkedIn (Facebook for business) by Microsoft.  Is this going to be for good or just another excellent site being absorbed and forgotten? Click Here to Listen to Gary Microsoft Commentary

By |2016-06-22T11:09:12-04:00June 22nd, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Carson Reports On Big Change In OS Platforms For Apple Devices

DETROIT - Cal Carson reports on the huge wave of OS changes announced at the recent Apple World Wide Developers Conference, held last week in California.  No big new gadgets wowed us but there was a BIG change in the OS platforms supporting those Apple devices. Click Here to Listen to Cal’s Apple Run Down

By |2016-06-22T11:09:12-04:00June 22nd, 2016|Internet Advisor, New Products / Contracts, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Michigan Renewable Energy Fair This Weekend In Mason

DETROIT - Allan O’Shea, President CBS Solar and Co-Chair Michigan Renewable Energy Fair announces a triple play for renewable resources coming to Mason, MI June 24 and 25.  The Ingham  County Fair grounds will host the Michigan Energy Fair, Sustainable Living Summit and Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo all for the single entry fee of $5/person.  There will be music and

By |2016-06-22T11:09:12-04:00June 22nd, 2016|Clean Update, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Pasty.Com Wins Best Pasty In Michigan Award

DETROIT - Congratulations to Charlie Hopper, founder of Pasty.com and Pasty.net and also proprietor of Pasty Central winner of the USA Today “Best Pasty in Michigan Award”. Charlie and his staff have also been serving Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with high speed wireless internet access since 1968 through Pasty.net.  On our show today Charlie called over a

By |2016-06-15T12:29:21-04:00June 15th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Comcast Internet Essentials For Low-Income Families To Bridge Digital Divide

DETROIT - Michelle Gilbert, Vice President Public Relations, Comcast Cable Heartland Region, returned to talk about Internet Essentials, a low cost (less than $10/mo) internet connection package for low income families to bridge the digital divide. Michelle also outlined Comcast’s recent campaign to increase the number of xfinity wifi hotspots available around the state.  Over 700 hotspots

By |2016-06-15T12:29:22-04:00June 15th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|